What is one way that the sociological view of rape differs from that of evolutionary biologists, anthropologists, and psychologists?
(a) Sociologists understand rape as a reproductive strategy for "losers" who are unable to pass on their genetic inheritance by old-fashioned seduction.
(b) Sociologists suggest that rape varies dramatically from one culture to another, and what causes the difference is the status of women.
(c) Sociologists see rape as culturally legitimated and reproduced rather than as the product of a collection of sick and maladapted individuals.
(d) Sociologists see rape as an aberrant behavior caused by a psychodynamic process.
Answer: (c) Sociologists see rape as culturally legitimated and reproduced rather than as the product of a collection of sick and maladapted individuals.
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